Wilderness Redemption Tour

Lin Yan turned around and called for Arthur to follow him.

As he walked towards the carriage, he said succinctly, "We accepted a bounty at the Saint Denis Police Department. The other party was the commander of the Lemoyne Raiders. When we came back from the work, Sadie was targeted by a group of Lemoyne Raiders living in Saint Denis. After leaving the city, we had a battle with them. Sadie was slightly injured, and our horses were all lost."

Walking to the back of the carriage, Lin Yan casually opened the wooden board of a box and showed it to Arthur: "We found these weapons at the commander's station. I thought these things could be worth a lot of money, so I asked someone to 'borrow' a car to bring them all back."

"Oh my god, are these new guns?"

It was Jilan who said this. When Lin Yan came back, he noticed that the two men did not come back on horseback, but pulled a cart of goods instead.

Lin Yan greeted him and took Sadie away. He did not open the wooden boxes out of curiosity, but brought a bundle of hay to the old horse pulling the cart, and he sat aside with his chin in his hand and observed.

Lin Yan brought Arthur over and was present when the boxes were unpacked. Looking at the shiny new guns in the boxes, he couldn't help but exclaim.

Seeing these guns, the expression on Arthur's face changed from initial surprise to excitement.

He shook his head and praised in his unique lazy tone: "Jamie, Jamie, you always bring me new surprises."

Patting Lin Yan on the shoulder, Arthur shouted towards the camp: "Dutch! Dutch! Come and see what surprise Jamie has brought us!"

Arthur's shout not only called out Dutch who was reading in the tent, but also Hosea, Lenny and Karen who were playing cards, the uncle who was sleeping, and Pearson who had finished cooking, all came over curiously.

Arthur stood on the car, picked up a rifle and showed it to everyone, saying, "Jamie and Sadie got a batch of arms, enough to arm an army."

Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Dutch walked through the crowd and approached the carriage.

After looking at the number of guns in the open wooden box and then glancing at the total number of wooden boxes on the car, he exclaimed: "Wow...it seems that our business scope has expanded again." His exaggerated body movements made Lin Yan and others laugh.

After laughing, Dutch lit a cigar and praised Lin Yan in front of everyone else: "Jamie, letting you join the gang is the best decision I have made recently. Look at you, and then look at Arthur 20 years ago, there is simply no comparison."

"Dutch..." Arthur seemed helpless when he saw Dutch mentioning himself as an example and still being the one who was compared down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, when I first brought Arthur into the gang, he had never even touched a gun. Hosea and I taught him how to use a pistol and a rifle respectively, and it took us three full months to see results. During these three months, the quality of our food dropped dramatically, and Arthur used all our money to buy bullets."

The people watching below burst into laughter again, and Arthur put down his arms and scratched his cheek in embarrassment.

"Okay, no more joking." Dutch put away his cynical look and said seriously, "Now I have something to announce."

"Today I have established a relationship with the Sheriff of Rhodes, the Gray family. In addition, I plan to let Hosea contact the Braithwaite family. These two major families in Rhodes have been fighting each other for many years, and I plan to make a fortune from each of them."

"So starting tomorrow, everyone please don't cause trouble around Lodz. If you are not here, please let someone else tell you. For my plan, for our future, please don't cause trouble around Lodz!"

Dachi's expression was extremely serious, which made Lin Yan realize that if anyone dared to disobey Dachi's orders, his end would be quite miserable.

After saying this, Dutch put on an approachable face again. He pointed at the guns in the box and said, "The guns Jamie brought back, if you want to exchange them for weapons, take them yourself, and the rest will be sold to a buyer by Hosea. But before that, let's take a look at what guns are here..."

As he spoke, he and Arthur began to open the lids of all the boxes one by one, and the others came over to help.

Looking at the various rifles arranged by category on the ground, Dutch couldn't hide the smile in his heart, and the others had similar expressions.

"Bolt-action rifles, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and a few boxes of moonshine... I was wondering why it still smells like alcohol. With all this alcohol, it looks like we'll have to have another party tonight..."

One advantage of having fewer members in a gang is that they are more efficient in execution. As soon as Dutch announced that he would hold a party in the evening, Aunt Susan started organizing people to get busy.

When the crowd dispersed, only Hosea remained.

"Kid, do you have time to chat?"

"Uh..." Lin Yan unconsciously touched his hungry stomach. He wanted to refuse the invitation of the gang elder, but then he thought that the other party usually didn't talk to him easily, and this time maybe there was something important. Gritting his teeth, he finally agreed to the other party's request.

"The campground is getting a bit busy right now, how about we go to the lake?"

Lin Yan nodded and said, "I'm fine."

Following Hosea to the lake, they sat on a fallen tree trunk by the lake. Hosea coughed twice and said, "I know you are an excellent young man, but what I want to say is that joining a gang at this time is not a good choice."

"I originally thought you were just an ordinary person with nowhere to go... an ordinary person. Please forgive me for calling you that, but ordinary person is the most pleasant name among us murderers, swindlers, and robbers."

"Through my observations of you over the past few days, I think with your abilities, it won't be difficult for you to return to normal society and find a stable job. There's really no need for you to hide with a group of wanted gang members like us, sleeping in the open air and leaving your life to luck."

After a few words, Lin Yan understood what Hosea wanted to say. Just like he had persuaded Arthur to leave the gang before, Hosea was also persuading him to leave the gang.

Lin Yan had countless questions in his mind at this time.

Isn't that the word I want to say, the thing I want to do, what does this mean Hosea, a test of my loyalty to the gang?

Seeing that Lin Yan didn't say anything, Hosea continued, "I have a feeling that the world is changing. Dutch's rhetoric and the practices he still insists on are already outdated. If we don't seek change, we will all be eliminated by this era."

At this point, Hosea looked up and gazed at the setting sun that was about to sink into the lake, with a look of loss on his weather-beaten face.